[Ag-eq] Potatoes

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Jewel.
It was my 2nd potato crop, and it did very well.  I chose a red potato, Red 
Pontiac.  We had an unusually cool summer, so that probably helped.
What variety of potato are you growing?
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jewel via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
To: "Jody Ianuzzi" <thunderwalker321 at gmail.com>; "Agricultural and 
Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Useful garden things I bought this year


> In the next day or 2, I will be planting next year's spud crop and half a 
> dozen tomatoes of various
> varieties.
> Having mentioned, albeit ever so briefly, potatoes, Tracy!  how did your 
> first:  I think it was *
> first: homegrown potato crop turn out?
>
>            Jewel
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Jody Ianuzzi via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnetabalbeit,.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 9:43 AM
> To: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>; "Agricultural and Equestrean 
> Division List"
> <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Useful garden things I bought this year
>
> Hello Tracy
>
> I'm sorry I didn't answer your message sooner. I was very interested to 
> read of your cold frames and
> your sprinkler system. I have also heard that if you only water the garden 
> plants and you don't
> water in between the rows that you end up with a lot less weeds.
>
> Are you still able to grow anything in the cold frames this late in the 
> year?
>
> Did you freeze or can any of your vegetables
>
> JODY 🐺
>
> "Life begins where your comfort zone ends."
>
>> On Oct 25, 2014, at 10:42 AM, Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I bought some useful garden stuff this year, so I thought I'd share.
>> I bought a cold frame from Amazon in the spring.  One of the reviewers 
>> said it was like Leggos in
>> the way it snaps together, and it kind of is.  It snaps together, then, 
>> when its time is over,
>> unsnaps to store flat and take up less space.  My only complaint is it's 
>> a bit hard to snap the
>> lid locks when the lid is closed.  I used it in the spring, then took it 
>> down for the summer, and
>> set it back up for the fall.  Right now, it's got chard, spinach, and 
>> salad greens in it.  I think
>> they'll last well into the winter.
>>
>> I also bought 2 Snip 'n Drip systems from Gardeners Supply.  One is a 
>> soaker system, and the other
>> is a sprinkler system.  You put the sprinkler, or soaker hose, where you 
>> want it, then connect to
>> a hose pipe that runs over areas you don't want to water, then connect 
>> another sprinkler or
>> soaker, then hook up a hose coupler at the end.  Then you put the regular 
>> hose into the coupler,
>> turn on the water, and water everything all at once.  It's great to just 
>> have to water once,
>> instead of stopping and moving the sprinkler every 45 minutes or so.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
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